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1. JIN MUNSON, CTV: PRIME MINISTER, THIS QUESTION DEALS WITH THE WILLIAMSBURG SUMMIT. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT YOU DESCRIBED PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU AS ALL WRONG IN STATING THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING

HARDER FOR PEACE OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT, INSTEAD OF AGREEING TO A WESTERN MILITARY BUILD-UP AS ADVOCATED BY PRESIDENT REGAN AND

YOURSELF. DID YOU FIND IN YOUR TALKS TO-DAY THAT THE PRIME

MINISTER HAS CHANGED HIS ATTITUDE OR DOES HIS ATTITUDE MEED TO BE

CHANGED?

P.K. NO, I FIND THAT I DON'T RECOGNISE YOUR DESCRIPTION OF WILLIAMSBURG. WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD FOR PEACE, VERY, VERY HARD.

WE WORK HARD IN TWO WAYS (SEMI COLON) ONE BY BEING MEMBERS OF NATO

AND HAVING THE CAPACITY TO DETER ANY AGGRESSOR AND THE WILL TO DO IT. AND SECONDLY, BY STRIVING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR SECURITY AT A LOWER LEVEL OF ARMAMENTS AND THAT'S WHAT THE INF NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT, WHAT THE SALT NEGOTIATIONS WERE ALL ABOUT, OR THE MUTUAL BALANCE FORCED REDUCTIONS IN VIENNA ARE ALL ABOUT. SC WE WORK HARD FOR PEACE IN THE TWO WAYS WHICH I HAVE INDICATED AND WE WERE DISCUSSING AT WILLIAMSBURG EXACTLY THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE

TAKING PLACE IN GENEVA. SO WE DO NOT DISAGREE.

JIM MUNSON: SO YOU DO NOT RECOGNISE THOSE WORDS AT ALL?

P.M. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOUR DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY, BUT THAT IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON FOR NE NOT TO RECOGNIZE QUESTIONS WHICH

ARE PUT TO ME.

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AUBREY BELL, INFOCOM MEDIA SERVICES: IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME A \ QUESTION ABOUT HONG KONG, OF ALL THINGS. THE APPARENT LACK OF

-PROGRESS IN THE BRITISH TALKS WITH THE CHINESE OVER THE FUTURE OF

HONG KONG HAS APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS REPORTS, RESULTED IN A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STATE OF

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CHINESE?